http://www.englishforums.com/English/CulturalAnecdotesSimilarities-Differences/Forum19.htmAll topics related to cultural interaction. Please register if you wish to post here.enXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/SexismInEnglish/cjxgl/post.htm#343693Fri, 22 May 2009 09:41:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:343693Cool Breeze0http://www.englishforums.com/English/SexismInEnglish/cjxgl/post.htm#343693http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-343693.xmlHi Janissary My language, Finnish, is as follows: 1. There are no articles and nouns have no gender. 2. There is only one pronoun for he and she . There is another pronoun for it. In spoken Finnish the equivalent of it is frequently used to refer to a person as well. (Grammarians dislike this usage intensely!) 3. I can't think of a single noun that isn't applicable to women also. For example, the Finnish equivalent of actor is normally used to refer to women as well even though there is an old-fashioned word for actress. There are some similar female words for certain occupations but they are rarely used nowadays. In most cases there is no special female word at all. You would have to translate lioness as 'a female lion' into Finnish. ...http://www.englishforums.com/English/SexismInEnglish/cjxgl/post.htm#343655Sun, 22 Mar 2009 10:41:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:343655Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/SexismInEnglish/cjxgl/post.htm#343655http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-343655.xmlIn every language, sexism exists but where existing the unequality, there is a struggle against it. In history ,we have feminism and federation. It is impossible tto count the struggles. However, we can get from it that women are totally against it.And women from all walks of life in the world are striving to better their conditions and to enjoy the fundermentary rights as men do.http://www.englishforums.com/English/SexismInEnglish/cjxgl/post.htm#343646Sun, 22 Mar 2009 10:41:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:343646Anonymous2http://www.englishforums.com/English/SexismInEnglish/cjxgl/post.htm#343646http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-343646.xmlI don not think men and women can pursue complete equity. For they are born equal, men can not bear but women have to bear babies. That is the disparity that causes unequality between. Stereotypically, language is developed to see the light of female. I don not here to say something for women but to depict the truth.http://www.englishforums.com/English/SexismInEnglish/cjxgl/post.htm#217998Sun, 22 Feb 2009 10:41:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:217998nona the brit3http://www.englishforums.com/English/SexismInEnglish/cjxgl/post.htm#217998http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-217998.xmlAvatars, the word sexism does not mean that we are talking about sex as in the physical act. 'Sex' also means gender - whether someone is male or female. Sexism is the practise of discriminating against people because of their sex/gender. It is the same sort of word as racism (discriminating against people because of their race), ageism (discriminating against people because of their age) and so on.http://www.englishforums.com/English/SexismInEnglish/cjxgl/post.htm#217949Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:41:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:217949Avatars4http://www.englishforums.com/English/SexismInEnglish/cjxgl/post.htm#217949http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-217949.xmlYou Are Dr. X or what What as ur topic is Far away from the subject u mention here Sexism Ha ha ha But i never had sexhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SexismInEnglish/cjxgl/post.htm#217779Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:41:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:217779Janissary5http://www.englishforums.com/English/SexismInEnglish/cjxgl/post.htm#217779http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-217779.xmlas you see, the matter is as far as linguistic is concerned. nothing else. regardshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SexismInEnglish/cjxgl/post.htm#217767Fri, 22 May 2009 09:41:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:217767Lemoncookie6http://www.englishforums.com/English/SexismInEnglish/cjxgl/post.htm#217767http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-217767.xmlHi, I am from Germany and you already mentioned, that in Germany it is "der Mensch" - a masculine noun... but I think it isn't that bad, as long as women and men are equal in "real"!http://www.englishforums.com/English/SexismInEnglish/cjxgl/post.htmWed, 22 Apr 2009 09:41:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:215418Janissary7http://www.englishforums.com/English/SexismInEnglish/cjxgl/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-215418.xmlThe scientific name for both sexes of our species is the word for only one of them, Homo "man" in Latin;our species also referred to as human (derived from homo) or mankind ,two other words which similarly make the women invisible. The average person is always masculine (as in the man in the street) and so is the hypothetical person in riddles and exams( If a man can walk ten miles in seven minutes,how many miles can he walk in twenty minutes?) The word "he" is often used as common gender pronoun even if it is feasible to be a woman.Generally, we can see if we imply a high prestige occupational role such as president,manager,doctor,director and so forth the pronoun is very likely to be "he".If it is a secretary,nurse or elementary...